There's a group of people here in New Orleans who dressed up as zombies last Hallowe'en, set up a boombox on Frenchmen St., and re-enacted the zombie dance scene from Thriller.

Jul 8th, 2009 12:55 AM

Colonel Flagg

MJ's music may not have done it for me, but his music videos were things of art and beauty. Thriller was and is still the yardstick against which all others are measured.

Jul 6th, 2009 07:43 PM

BillyBear

wow! you truly are a funny man! and, yes, Thriller was f***ing awesome!

Jul 1st, 2009 01:38 AM

executioneer

ehh if it was in the main forums i'd think about it but idc about the article threads

i'm more annoyed by the misspelling of the name "michael", tbh

Jun 30th, 2009 05:44 PM

Tadao

I have heard many MJ jokes, but that deserves a ban for being the weakest.

Jun 30th, 2009 04:30 PM

michealjackson'sdoctor

I have saved small children everwhere...

Jun 28th, 2009 08:18 AM

executioneer

he can now

Jun 28th, 2009 06:35 AM

Toast Points

As much as I love Thriller and MJ, there's only one video worthy of being MTV's most played, and it's Sledgehammer. That having been said, Peter Gabriel can't dance anywhere near as well as Michael lol

Jun 28th, 2009 03:07 AM

Homoerotic_Jesus

I miss Michael. Although he will make a way creepier zombie now.

Jun 27th, 2009 09:33 PM

rocko

holy crap! i remember watching this when i was 8. amazing! the choreography is so great that (no joke) when i went to air force basic training, our training instructor was teaching us how to march and he used thriller as a reference on how to coordinate with your fellow dancers, or in our case, marchers. and if the military uses thriller as a reference, it shows how good mj was. this video and other right after it show that you can make a video to complement a good song, unlike today, where you have rappers making videos about bling bling and throwing cash and cars and hos around. in other words, it seems that videos are only for image purposes and the music has been relegated to a secondary role, which doesnt help the fact that today's music sucks ass. and yes, mtv sucks. even its sibling vh1, which i had in such high esteem, is just horrible. as for mj, his personal lifestyle might have been questionable, what with the pedophile accusations, the surgeries, hanging out with a chimp, and all, but there's no question, the man was a great performet. rip!!!

Jun 27th, 2009 02:40 PM

MeowMixMaster

Oh man does this video bring back memories! I remember when I first saw this. I was with my mom and my brothers at a neighbor's house across the street one night. I miraculously commandeered the remote control which given that I was only 5 at the time was a big rarity. After flipping through the channels for the fun of it, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of Michael Jackson on MTV. This was at a time when I was still riding high on his other two songs Billie Jean and Beat It. I couldn't pass up the chance to see what was MJ gonna do next. He certainly didn't disappoint. It was thriller, my first time viewing it and when he turned into that werewolf man I was terrified I couldn't even move and strangely couldn't help but be fascinated at what I was watching. From there the music kicked in and I was hooked. Thriller became my number one MJ song next to Smooth Criminal and after that experience I was hooked on Halloween for life. I loved the song so much that I had my parents play it over and over again in the car while they drove us around trick or treating at various neighborhoods. Good times I tells ya. Michael Jackson will be missed for sure. His whole life was one awesome and sometimes bizzare performance. Here's hoping that you are up there somewhere moonwalking on the clouds as only you can. RIP MJ.

Jun 27th, 2009 12:53 AM

Nick

Thriller was the last good thing Michael ever did.

Jun 26th, 2009 01:24 PM

nilus

This video is so great, the inevitable Indian rip-off is still awesome

Jun 26th, 2009 10:43 AM

Jaimas

Twenty Years hence, this remains the best music video ever created.

Fare thee well, Michael. You will be missed.

Jun 26th, 2009 09:33 AM

moejoe11

you know the one in the white to mjs left? 2nd zombie close-up? i know her daughter. went to school with her. anyways, its really sad that he died but i can tell you, ALL the kids i was in school with for tyhe past year have seen it. our LA teacher brought it in. that was awesome.

Jun 26th, 2009 02:12 AM

Jigby Huggletinks

This video is a lot creepier knowing he is now dead.

Jun 26th, 2009 12:13 AM

Tetsu Deinonychus

I just now found out he was dead.

Even though he was just a shell of his former self, it's still pretty sad.

Hmmm, I wonder if now he really will come back as a zombie.

Jun 26th, 2009 12:05 AM

Julio

Despite not being a huge Michael Jackson's fan, I don't disagree with the fact that he simply was the greatest dancer of his time and this music video will be the best testament of that in his behalf.